Hover

  • 61hover — hov·er || hÉ‘vÉ™(r) / hÉ’v v. hang suspended in the air, float on air; linger in an area; waver, vacillate …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 62hover — A flight by a helicopter in which no movement relative to the ground takes place. The helicopter may in fact have some velocity to counter the effect of the wind …

    Aviation dictionary

  • 63hover — v. n. 1. Flutter. 2. Hang about, hang over …

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  • 64hover — verb (I) 1 if a bird, insect, or helicopter hovers, it stays in one place in the air 2 to stay nervously in the same place especially because you are waiting for something or are uncertain what to do (+ around/about): I noticed several reporters… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 65hover — verb 1) helicopters hovered overhead Syn: be suspended, be poised, hang, levitate, float; fly 2) she hovered anxiously nearby Syn: linger, loiter, wait (around); informal hang around/about, stick around …

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  • 66hover — v 1. hang suspended, hang over, ride in the air, hang in the air; fly, be wafted, float. 2. wait nearby, linger near, stay near, stand guard, protect; impend, threaten, menace, loom. 3. waver, fluctuate, alternate, oscillate, vary, seesaw …

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  • 67hover — hov·er …

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  • 68hover — verb 1) helicopters hovered overhead Syn: hang, be poised, be suspended, float, fly, drift 2) a servant hovered nearby Syn: wait, linger, loiter …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 69hover — [ˈhɒvə] verb [I] 1) if a bird, insect, or aircraft hovers, it keeps itself in the same position in the air 2) to stay somewhere because you are waiting to do something or because you cannot decide what to do The waiter was hovering by their table …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 70hover —  to stay or stop. N. Also to pack lightly, in order to defraud in measure. The hoppickers in Kent, who are paid by the basket, lay them lightly in for that purpose : this is called hovering them …

    A glossary of provincial and local words used in England